Blackburn Rovers 2-0 Fulham: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 17 January 2010

Result

Blackburn Rovers 2-0 Fulham

Premier League · Sunday 17 January 2010, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Blackburn Rovers 2-0 Fulham: match report

Blackburn Rovers beat Fulham 2-0 in the Premier League on Sunday 17 January 2010. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Christopher Samba opened the scoring in the 25th minute. Blackburn Rovers's goals came from Christopher Samba (25') and Ryan Nelsen (54'). Fulham did not score.

Discipline: Blackburn Rovers received 1 yellow card; Fulham received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Blackburn Rovers were 14th on 21 points from 21 and Fulham 9th on 27 points from 20. Blackburn Rovers went on to finish that season 10th with 50 points, and Fulham 12th with 46.

Blackburn Rovers lined up in a 4-4-2 and Fulham in a 4-4-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Blackburn Rovers wins, 3 draws and 3 for Fulham.

Going into the match Blackburn Rovers's last five read L-D-D-L-L and Fulham's L-L-D-W-D.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 25'Goal · Christopher SambaBlackburn Rovers · 1-0
  • 28'Yellow card · Christopher SambaBlackburn Rovers
  • 54'Goal · Ryan NelsenBlackburn Rovers · 2-0
  • 82'Yellow card · Chris BairdFulham
  • 85'Yellow card · Erik NevlandFulham
  • 90'Yellow card · Z. GeraFulham

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Blackburn Rovers 4, draws 3, Fulham 3.

Team news

Blackburn Rovers line-up (4-4-2)

Paul Robinson, Christopher Samba, Gaël Givet-Viaros, Steven Reid, Martin Olsson, Pascal Chimbonda, Brett Emerton, Steven Nzonzi, Nikola Kalinić, Ryan Nelsen, B. McCarthy

Fulham expected line-up (4-4-2)

Antti Niemi, Paul Konchesky, Carlos Bocanegra, Dejan Stefanovic, Chris Baird, Simon Davies, Steven Davis, Danny Murphy, Clint Dempsey, Diomansy Kamara, David Healy